The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life.

My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.

Believe me, there is nothing more rewarding than making Peter Jackson chuckle.

Your mind and soul are the kings of your physique way more than any exercise you do.

I still have a family who adore me. I still have friends I count on back home, and I still have brown hair. Other than that ...

I have battled clinical depression and have come out of the other side. I've been free of it for many years now. Finding the place in my own mind and heart to win that battle without using medication, finding the place within myself where I could be alive again, that was one of the biggest challenges I've faced.